On Aug. 15, 2023, U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) and Army Contracting Command-Rock Island entered into Other Transaction Authority agreements with three vendors that were selected to develop software prototypes that converge multiple Army business systems into one, known as the Enterprise Business Systems – Convergence (EBS-C).

Preston Hayward accepted the charter for PEO EIS’s Enterprise Business Systems – Convergence (EBS-C) product office at a hybrid in-person/virtual ceremony held July 16 on Fort Belvoir.